Greyhound Trainer of the Year

The Greyhound Trainer of the Year or Champion Trainer is an award for the leading greyhound trainer in the United Kingdom.

It was inaugurated in 1961 and was originally elected by a press panel [1] but is now awarded to the trainer who achieves the most points for winning open races on the Greyhound Board of Great Britain annual racing calendar. [2]

The award should not be confused with the Trainers Championship which is an annual event held between the leading six trainers. [3]

Past winners

Year Winner Attached Racecourse Notes
1961 Jack Harvey (Wembley) joint winner
1961 Jimmy Jowett (Clapton) joint winner
1962 John Haynes (Private)
1963 Tom Johnston Jr. (West Ham)
1964 Harry Bamford (Private)
1965 Jim Hookway (Owlerton) joint winner
1965 John Bassett (Private) joint winner
1966 Paddy Milligan (Private)
1967 Jim Hookway (Owlerton)
1968 Phil Rees Sr. (Wimbledon)
1969 Phil Rees Sr. (Wimbledon)
1970 Stan Mitchell (Belle Vue)
1971 Herbert White (Private)
1972 Tom Johnston Jr. (Wembley)
1973 Norman Oliver (Brough Park)
1974 John Coleman (Wembley)
1975 Paddy Milligan (Private)
1976 Phil Rees Sr. (Wimbledon)
1977 Ted Dickson (Slough)
1978 Geoff De Mulder (Coventry)
1979 Geoff De Mulder (Hall Green)
1980 Pat Mullins (Cambridge)
1981 Joe Cobbold (Cambridge)
1982 Adam Jackson (Wembley)
1983 George Curtis (Brighton)
1984 George Curtis (Brighton)
1985 Kenny Linzell (Walthamstow)
1986 George Curtis (Brighton)
1987 Fred Wiseman (Private)

Year Winner Attached Racecourse Notes
1988 John McGee Sr. (Canterbury)
1989 John McGee Sr. (Canterbury)
1990 John McGee Sr. (Hackney)
1991 John McGee Sr. (Peterborough)
1992 John McGee Sr. (Private)
1993 John McGee Sr. (Reading)
1994 John McGee Sr. (Reading)
1995 John Coleman (Walthamstow)
1996 Linda Mullins (Walthamstow)
1997 Linda Mullins (Walthamstow)
1998 Linda Mullins (Walthamstow)
1999 Linda Mullins (Walthamstow)
2000 Linda Mullins (Walthamstow)
2001 Linda Jones (Walthamstow)
2002 Linda Jones (Walthamstow)
2003 Charlie Lister OBE (Private)
2004 Charlie Lister OBE (Private)
2005 Mark Wallis (Walthamstow)
2006 Charlie Lister OBE (Private)
2007 Charlie Lister OBE (Private)
2008 Mark Wallis (Walthamstow)
2009 Mark Wallis (Harlow)
2010 Seamus Cahill (Hove)
2011 Chris Allsopp (Monmore)
2012 Mark Wallis (Yarmouth)
2013 Mark Wallis (Yarmouth)
2014 Mark Wallis (Yarmouth)
2015 Mark Wallis [4] (Towcester)
2016

References

  1. Genders, Roy (1981). The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing, page 313. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 07207-1106-1.
  2. Fry, Paul (1995). The Official NGRC Greyhound Racing Yearbook, page 118-120. Ringpress Books. ISBN 186054-010-4.
  3. Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008, pages 109-111. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.
  4. "Mark Wallis champion greyhound trainer". Racing Blue.com.

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